Have we found the Thing?

[L.A.F.]

Dr. Sergei Bulat and his team recently discovered new life forms in Antarctic lakes:

""We are calling this life form unclassified and unidentified," he explained. Dr [Sergei] Bulat added that close attention was focused on one particular form of bacteria whose DNA was less than 86% similar to previously existing forms. "A level of 90% usually means that the organism is unknown.""
(Rincon, P. (03/07/2013), "Antarctic Lake Vostok yields 'new bacterial life'", http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21709225)

[thesummerqueen]

Usually when I think "unknown in Antarctic" I think "Elder Things".

[Jackalope]

Usually when I think "unknown in Antarctic" I think "Elder Things".

You rang?

[thesummerqueen]

I thought Cthulhu spawn was slightly different from the original Elder Things?

[Jackalope]

I thought Cthulhu spawn was slightly different from the original Elder Things?

Well, yeah. I just can't resist butting in.

[thesummerqueen]

PS, if anyone who hasn't read or heard of HP Lovecraft and has no idea what we're referring to, you should give the HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast a try. By the time they make it to Mountains of Madness (the story we're referring to), it's a damn good podcast.